The 2025 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships will be held in London from 10 to 16 June, offering a record $500,000 prize fund. Now in its third edition, the event will bring together top players, emerging talents, and amateurs in mixed-team competition. With London’s rich history of hosting major chess tournaments, the championship […]
Monthly Archives: January 2025
On January 26, 2025, the KCF Academy subscribers will witness an extraordinary event as Garry Kasparov, the legendary grandmaster and former World Chess Champion, delivers an exclusive live lecture. This lecture is a must-attend for chess enthusiasts and professional players, offering a rare opportunity to learn directly from one of the greatest minds in chess […]
Round 5 of the Tata Steel Masters saw Nodirbek Abdusattorov taking down Jorden van Foreest in a sharp encounter to join Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in the lead, each with 4/5 points. Meanwhile, Gukesh Dommaraju collected a second win as world champion and Vladimir Fedoseev obtained an upset victory over Fabiano Caruana. In the Challengers, Erwin l’Ami […]
Volodar Murzin is currently one of the greatest Russian talents, and showed his skills by winning the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York in December. However, a conflict subsequently developed between him and his coach Mikhail Kobalia on one side and the Russian Federation on the other. Awful experiences with his violent father have […]
ChessBase Magazine offers three opening videos in each issue (total playing time: over an hour). In the current issue #223, our authors, Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Daniel King, present two intriguing and very early ‘deviations’: Sicilian with 2.a4 and Petroff with 3…Nxe4 – both have recently been used by notable players, in the first case it […]
Frestyle Chess would like to hold its Grand Slam as an official FIDE World Championship. Initially, FIDE was interested, but then it refused and threatened to ban the players from FIDE tournaments. With a FIDE statement and a video from Nakamura, the tone has become more acrimonious.
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu claimed a third consecutive win in the Tata Steel Masters, defeating Leon Luke Mendonca to take the sole lead after four rounds. Pentala Harikrishna and Vladimir Fedoseev also scored victories, with Harikrishna winning in just 23 moves against Max Warmerdam and Fedoseev defeating an out-of-form Arjun Erigaisi. In the Challengers, Thai Dai Van […]
Judit Polgar, the strongest female chess player of all time, wishes our readers a “Happy 2025, which will hopefully be filled with exciting challenges and successes – both on and off the chessboard!” To kick off the year she has prepared some special for us: you can get Judit’s books, personally signed by her, at […]
Young talents are making waves in Wijk aan Zee across both the Masters and Challengers sections. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Nodirbek Abdusattorov lead the Masters after securing their second consecutive wins, with Pragg beating Arjun Erigaisi in positional style and Abdusattorov getting the better of Max Warmerdam. Meanwhile, the Challengers saw an extraordinary all-decisive round, with […]
The Black Knights’ Tango, also known as the Mexican Defence, is a bold and unconventional opening that puts White on edge from the very first moves. After 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6!?, Black takes the initiative, luring White into overextending their central pawns, only to dismantle them with precise counterplay.